Etymology

From cacho +‎ -arroCategory:Galician terms suffixed with -arro#CACHARRO.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaro/ [kɑˈt͡ʃa.rʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#CACHARRO
• Rhymes: -aroCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aro#CACHARROCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aro/3 syllables#CACHARRO
• Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧rro

Noun

cacharro m (plural cacharros)Category:Galician lemmas#CACHARROCategory:Galician nouns#CACHARROCategory:Galician countable nouns#CACHARROCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CACHARROCategory:Galician masculine nouns#CACHARROCategory:Pages with entries#CACHARROCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CACHARRO

1. pot

   Synonym: pota

2. (familiarCategory:Galician familiar terms#CACHARRO) long drink

   Ven, vamos tomar uns cacharros! ― Come, let's have some drinks together!Category:Galician terms with usage examples#CACHARRO

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cacharro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cacharro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cacharro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cacharro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From cacho (“piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaro/ [kaˈt͡ʃa.ro]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CACHARROCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CACHARRO
• Rhymes: -aroCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aro#CACHARROCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aro/3 syllables#CACHARRO
• Syllabification: ca‧cha‧rro

Noun

cacharro m (plural cacharros)Category:Spanish lemmas#CACHARROCategory:Spanish nouns#CACHARROCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CACHARROCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CACHARROCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CACHARROCategory:Pages with entries#CACHARROCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CACHARRO

1. pot, crock (piece of pottery)

   Synonyms: olla, marmita, vasija

2. wreck (damaged or worn car or technical device)
3. (derogatoryCategory:Spanish derogatory terms#CACHARRO) piece of junk

   Synonym: cachivache

4. hickey (object whose name is unknown)
5. (in the plural) crock, shard (piece of broken pottery)

Further reading

• “cacharro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025